60 MacDirectory
FEATURE
Apple
2015 belongs to the most significant breakthrough of 2014,
Apple's 5K iMac Retina.
While the rest of the world is trying -- not very well -- to catch
up to 4K resolution, Apple has leapfrogged to the far more
daunting challenge of 5K. Why? It's not just a numbers
game, there's a solid reason. 5K lets you edit 4K video full
screen and have 1K left over for panels.
Kudos to Dell for being first out the door with a 5K monitor,
but Apple aced this triumph by pricing the entire iMac Retina
package at close to the price of Dell's monitor.
The hardware and software challenges of making HiDPI work
are great. Is the iMac Retina too bleeding edge? No. It is a
fully functioning product, completely ready for prime time.
There is no reason not to buy this computer now. That said, it
would be prudent to wait for the horsepower improvements
that will undoubtedly come with the second generation,
perhaps in mid or late 2015. That is, if you can stand to be
without this important piece of technology history that long.
Millenniata
A computer is only as good as the data you can save. There
is only one safe way to save your data: Millenniata's M-disc
technology. These are recordable DVDs and Blu-rays which
don't rely on organic dyes but instead create a physically
etched DVD or Blu-ray that is enormously resistant to torture
and is expected to last well over a hundred years.
See Robbin Harris's take here:
www.zdnet.com/article/torture-testing-the-1000-year-dvd/
IWARDS 2015
BY BILL TROOP
